....."Til Death Us Do Part"

   We've all seen them. Those obnoxious guests at wedding receptions. You know what I mean. The drunk Uncle, the crying Brides mother. The respective fathers often glowering at each other across the wedding hall. Well, today a tragic tale from Brazil where the unwanted guest was the Grim Reaper himself.
   It was the reception for Fabio Maciel and Geise Guimaraes. Things were going fine. The guests were having a great time, the drinks and goodwill flowing in equal parts. That's when the Reaper reached out his Mão gelada da Morte (Icy Hand of Death) and touched someone.
   The fellow in question had an empty beer glass in his pants pocket and somehow slipped. The glass broke, and one of the shards cut into his thigh and severed his femoral artery. (Anatomy 101: The femoral artery is a MAJOR blood vessel running through the thigh before branching off to supply blood to the lower extremities. Cutting the vessel leads to catastrophic bleeding, where arterial spurts have been known to shoot feet through the air. Without immediate medical aid, the victim can expire from exsanguination or bleeding to death.)
   Which is pretty much what happened in this case. The man was rushed to hospital, but was unable to be saved. You've probably already worked out the victim in this case was the groom, Fabio Maciel, who had been married 6 hours to Geise.
   The moral of this story I guess is: Make the most of the life you have, because you never know when the Reaper will touch you with his Mão gelada da Morte.
   'Nuff said.